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Record Nr.

UNINA9910373945803321

Titolo

Atheism Revisited : Rethinking Modernity and Inventing New Modes of Life / / edited by Szymon Wróbel, Krzysztof Skonieczny

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2020

ISBN

3-030-34368-5

Edizione

[1st ed. 2020.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (242 pages)

Disciplina

211.8

Soggetti

Secularism

Religion—Philosophy

Political philosophy

Modern philosophy

Religion and politics

Psychology and religion

Philosophy of Religion

Political Philosophy

Modern Philosophy

Politics and Religion

Religion and Psychology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction to Atheism -- 2. Modernity and Secularism -- 3. Early Modern European Atheism with Chinese Characteristics – First Jesuit Descriptions of Neo-Confucianism and their Spinozist Reception -- 4. Beyond the enmity: the mechanization of nature and the moderate political atheism -- 5. Heidegger on Technics, Power, and the Planetary -- 6. Political Significance of Atheism. Karl Marx’ Idea of the “Positive Abolition of Religion” -- 7. Nietzsche, Saint Paul and the Will of Life -- 8. “We Are Still Pious”. Nietzsche and the Hard Problem of Atheism -- 9. The Visible Absence of Color: Herman Melville’s Troubled Atheism -- 10. Philosophical ‘Fundamentalism’ Today. On Return Statements: The Return of Religion in Contemporary Philosophy -- 11. New (and old) atheism(s) reconsidered -- 12. Reason Is Not Winning: A Proposed



Blueprint for Moving Forward -- 13. From Atheism of the Concept Towards Atheism Without the Concept -- 14. Towards a Coalition of the Reasonable: Beyond Atheism v Religion.

Sommario/riassunto

Atheism Revisited is a collection of essays that explore the multifaceted nature of atheism. Starting from the notion that today’s atheism is shaped by the defining processes of Modernity—such as secularization and the breakup of science, philosophy, and theology—the first part of the book undertakes a thorough scrutiny of Modern atheisms, from Spinoza and Hobbes to Marx and Nietzsche. The second part of the book seeks to draw practical conclusions from this scrutiny and answer the questions: what is the state of atheism today? What is the role of an atheist in a world affected by religious fundamentalisms? What should the relationship between atheists and religious people look like? The wide scope of the book allows readers to see atheism as a central concern of many intellectual movements, from Marxism and French Theory to post-secularism and the reevaluation of Modernity, and to understand atheism as a focal point of the most important contemporary philosophical debates.